CN102481060B - Cap for a drinking straw - Google Patents
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Cap for a drinking straw, said cap comprising : - a container provided with an inner chamber and with an element to be torn from one of the wall of the container for enabling access within the chamber, - a body attached to the container and provided with a portion adapted to enter at least partly within the drinking channel, whereby the body is adapted so as to form an air passage between the drinking channel and the gas atmosphere when the said body extends within the drinking straw.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of cap for drinking straw, described cap is provided with container, and this container is suitable for receiving article, as diamond, bonus, etc.Then the suction pipe that is provided with cap can distribute randomly, thereby one or more people of random choose receive article or different article, for example, for one or more people's high value Bonus Reward article with for one or more other people low value Bonus Rewards.
Background technology
Drinking straw is well known in the art.Suction pipe has substantially circular cross section conventionally., know with respect to another part bending for the ease of its part, for suction pipe is provided with several ripples, thus flexible portion (seeing US2,094,268-Friedman) in the middle of forming between two straight line portioies of suction pipe.
EP1095600 discloses a kind of suction pipe that is provided with cap, this cap has transverse opening, described cap can slide along suction pipe between closed position and open position, in this closed position, the transverse opening of cap is placed (not allowing by the position of suction pipe pumping liquid) along the outer surface of suction pipe, in this open position, the opening of cap extends above the upper end of suction pipe, makes it possible to thus by cap pumping liquid.Suction pipe is provided with projection, and this projection is for limiting the motion of cap with respect to suction pipe, for preventing that cap from removing completely from suction pipe.
CN2764256 discloses a kind of cap, and this cap covers end and the outer surface of suction pipe, and cap is provided with little opening at the top place of cap.The bottom of cap is provided with plate.
JP2001-258713 discloses a kind of cap for suction pipe, and described cap is connected to ring via flexible-belt, and described ring is suitable for installing along suction pipe, thereby in the time opening, remains near the end of suction pipe.
US6565899 discloses a kind of drinking straw, and this drinking straw seals with cap, and this cap is provided with lollipop.
US20066144955 discloses a kind of drinking straw, and this drinking straw is provided with pump, and this pump is in conjunction with viewing area and bonus induction system, and described pump is arranged between two ends of suction pipe.
PCT/US98/12897 discloses a kind of suction pipe in Fig. 3, and this sipper configuration has autonomous container 30, and this autonomous container 30 is configured for being inserted in suction pipe.Bonus (as American currency) is by rolled-up and be inserted in container, and described container and cap or lid are connected.The suction pipe with container is placed in outer protection cover/container 23.First user, before can using its suction pipe, must remove suction pipe from its outer protection cover.The hood-shaped one-tenth of outer protection is used to indicate possibility has opened the system of container.In addition; as long as container is placed in suction pipe; observe; the suction pipe (taking away from its protective cover) being placed in drinking glass has the trend moving upward; have thus from glass and fall or rotate the danger of leaving; this drinking glass holds drinkable liquid, particularly foaming liquid or frothed liquid.
Summary of the invention
Theme of the present invention provides a kind of cap, this cap has recipient, this recipient is for containing objects or bonus or prize, this cap to open or again close the people who is provided with the suction pipe of cap for reception be visible, described people can easily determine whether container is opened by people thus, these people think to know in advance which cap comprises gets article, prize or bonus, described cap is suitable for being arranged on suction pipe in addition, this suction pipe is used in the drinking glass that holds foaming liquid, and there is no suction pipe around the edge of glass pivotable or the danger that falls.
Advantageously, cap of the present invention comprises container, this container is divided into three parts in the time opening, i.e. the first container part, second container part and mid portion, the first container part and second container part can be linked together thus, to form new closed container, the volume of this new closed container or shape or color from container the initial volume before it is opened or shape different at least in part.Thereby, after opening original container and checking the article or bonus in container chamber, can again be placed in article or bonus in the part of chamber, and it be reverted to closure with another part of container.After article are placed in to sealing again, the shape that makes container is reduced, in the time that being provided, drinking glass promptly shows thus whether container is opened, and this drinking glass has the suction pipe with cap.
The present invention relates to a kind of cap of drinking passage for drinking straw, this drinking straw is for drinking the liquid that is contained in recipient, this recipient is placed in air ambient, and it is removable that described cap is mounted to respect to the upper end of drinking passage of drinking straw, and described cap comprises:
-container, described container is provided with at least one wall, described wall limits the chamber that is suitable for receiving article, and described container is provided with wants avulsed element, described will can tearing at least in part from one of described wall by avulsed element, to can approach the article that are located in described chamber after sealing device removes;
-body, described body has the end being attached in described container or its part and has another end, described another end is provided with band and drinks the section of the external shape in passage described in being suitable for entering at least in part through the described upper end of suction pipe, described body comprises at least one flexible member, when the described section of described body is being drunk while extending at least in part in passage, described flexible member is suitable for pressure to be applied on one or more walls of described drinking straw
Thus, when described section is drunk while extending at least in part in passage described, described body be suitable for described drink drinking together with passage between passage and gaseous environment, form at least one air flue; And/or described body comprises to be drunk while extending at least in part in passage at the described device that limits at least one air flue between passage and gaseous environment of drinking described when described section.
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-drinking straw refers to the suction pipe of the consumption that is applicable to beverage, these beverages are as alcohol and non-alcoholic drink, as light sparkling wine, champagne, etc., the shape of drinking straw is longitudinal, have or neither one or multiple flexibilities, flexible or undulatory part, have circle, ellipse, square, rectangle, etc. or the cross section of its combination.Drinking straw can be provided with other pumping system.
-container refers to a part for element or the element with internal chamber, and this container is preferably complete totally enclosed before the tearing of tape.Internal chamber can have various shapes, but its shape is preferably elongated, preferably columnar.Closed container advantageously comprises two members, be body and closure elements, this body has and article, bonus or prize can be incorporated into the opening in chamber, and closure elements is suitable for sealing by this way opening, in the time that closure elements is shifted onto in opening, described closure elements is fixed on body well, and can after tape is torn, remove.
-cap refers to the element of the upper end for sealing at least in part suction pipe, and described cap is advantageously made up of injection mo(u)lding, is preferably made up of injection molding.Cap also can be partially or even wholly manufactured with other material, as paper (for example, by being wound around paper film), cellulose base composition, hardboard, Biodegradable material, etc.Cap can form with a member, two members or three members, preferably forms with two members.For example, cap can form with single-piece, thus in injection moulding before the plastics for the production of cap, prize, bonus or article (may in envelope) be placed in the recess of injection mold.Cap can form with two members, has part and the closure elements of open container, thus article, bonus or prize is placed in open container, and then this open container is sealed by closure elements.
Cap also can be made with three parts, for example there is the container of open end, for the closure elements of sealed open and have and be suitable for being inserted in the body of drinking at least a portion in passage, body and container or closure elements can be fixed together thus, for example, by engaging.
Cap can be connected with one or several object, as being connected with statuette, baby, model etc.
According to embodiment, " cap " also refers to container, this container is provided with and is suitable for the device that is connected with product, food or non-food product, special and food is connected, as food various piece, food square, salt cheese production, ice cream, dessert, lobster, beefsteak, potato, cereal, lamb, liquid, etc.For example, described device is suitable for by penetrating in described food portion so that enjoying of food portion starts from the mixing or the stirring that facilitate liquid, as is contained in the liquid in glass.According to possible embodiment, described device is the form of spoon, cutter sweep, fork, rod.
The device that is suitable for being connected on non-food product may be for example pin, and this pin is suitable for cap to be attached on clothes, ring or intermediate plate, as is attached on ear clip.
-" article " refer to Promotional Items, sales promotion vehicle, prize, bonus, ticket, have the paper of one or more numeral/letters, stone such as diamond, get article, non-get article, complimentary ticket element, non-award element, complimentary ticket for new beverage, cash prize, message, joke, telephone number, seat number, etc., and spices, food additives, salt, flavouring, food add taste product, sugar, Aspartame, powder, milk powder, cocoa power, etc.Advantageously, be provided with and get article or high bonus article or get complimentary ticket from the cap of some suction pipe, and be provided with non-article or low bonus article or the non-complimentary ticket of getting got for other cap of some other suction pipe, the weight thus with the cap of getting article equates substantially with the weight with the non-cap of getting article, preferably equates.
-" Random assignment " refers to that employee is not in the case of opening the container of cap, can not know whether container cap holds the type of getting article or the non-article of getting article or type of message or occur with the container of cap, these employees distribute cap, are provided with the suction pipe of cap, food container or drinking container, drinking glass, these food containers or drinking container and the suction pipe that is provided with cap are connected or are provided with such suction pipe, and these drinking glasses are provided with the suction pipe with cap.
-" air flue " refers to one or more paths, and these paths allow air and other gas (as CO
2) flow and the channel flow of drinking from external environment condition or indoor environment to suction pipe inversely to external environment condition or indoor environment from the passage of drinking of suction pipe.
In cap of the present invention, air flue or at least one air flue will advantageously be suitable for making air pass through, and be suitable for realizing flowing downward of the drinkable liquid that may exist in air flue.Air flue also by be preferably arranged to have liquid in air flue in the situation that, air or CO
2diafiltration in the liquid that bubble can may exist in air flue.
One or more air flues or at least one air flue advantageously have at least one minimum cross-section, in this minimum cross-section, can draw have 2mm(at least preferably at least 3mm, preferably from 3mm to 7mm) the circle of diameter.
According to favourable embodiment, wanting avulsed element is the tape of one or more chamber walls, this tape extends between the first container part and second container part, described tape is suitable for when at least allow the relative motion between the first container and second container part in the time that described one or more chamber walls are torn thus, preferably between the first container part and second container part, takes away motion.Described tape advantageously extends between two grooves or line, and described groove or line have a series of otch or perforation, tears operation for guiding.Tape is preferably connected with extension, and this extension is convenient to the crawl of tape and it is torn.According to favourable details, the end of the tape that first be torn is provided with two otch (extend between described two otch the end of tape), so that tear the beginning of operation or for reducing the power of initially tearing.
Preferably, to be torn from described one or more chamber walls so that realizing the tape of the described container of the relative motion between described the first container part and described second container part is suitable at least taking away from a container part, advantageously be taken away from described the first container part and described second container part.
According to embodiment, described cap comprises container, described container has the first container part, second container part and tape, in the time that described tape is not torn, described tape connects described the first container part and described second container part, and in the time that described tape is torn, described tape is suitable for realizing the relative motion between described the first container part and second container part, described the first container part and/or described second container part are provided with and are suitable for being fixed on described the first container part or are fixed at least one device in described second container part thus, thereby form the closed container reducing, the described closed container reducing has than the little internal volume of volume of closed container before the described tape of tearing.Described tape advantageously extends between the first container part and second container part, and after tearing described tape completely, the first container and second container part are separated from one another thus.
Preferably, described the first container part that limits the first container volume is attached to described body, and described second container part be suitable for by described tape after described one or more chamber walls are torn and away from described the first container part motion, thereby described second container part is provided with the device that seals at least in part described the first container part in the first container volume that is suitable for entering at least in part described the first container part thus.
According to the details of embodiment, second container part comprises at least two different parts:
(a) support member, described support member has opening and limits support volume, and
(b) closure elements, described closure elements is suitable for sealing described opening in the time being pulled on described support member, described closure elements comprises at least one device with the end that extends to outside described support volume thus, thereby and described closure elements be suitable for entering at least in part in described the first container volume can described second container part being connected on described the first container part delivery mode.
Preferably, in the time that described closure elements is pushed through the opening of support member of described second container part and in the time that described tape is not torn, described closure elements is suitable for described support member and/or wants to work together with avulsed tape, to stop described closure elements and prevent that it from exiting from container.
Most preferably, described closure elements comprises skirt section, described skirt section is provided with at least one groove or projection along its outer surface, and describedly want avulsed tape to be provided with at least one groove or projection on it points to the surface of chamber of described container, thus as long as described tape is not torn, the projection in described skirt section enters or against the projection of described tape about the groove of described tape with regard to being suitable for, to at least prevent removing of described closure elements, or as long as described tape is not torn, the groove in described skirt section is just suitable for receiving the described projection of avulsed tape of wanting at least prevent removing of described closure elements.
According to the details of other embodiment, described body comprises at least two supporting legs, described at least two supporting legs are drunk in passage described in being suitable for entering at least in part through the described upper end of described suction pipe, at least one of described supporting leg is flexible, each projection that is equipped with of described supporting leg thus, in the time drinking in passage described in described supporting leg enters, the described projection of supporting leg is suitable for contacting the inwall of described suction pipe.
Preferably, for the cap for thering is the suction pipe of drinking passage, the part adjacent with upper end of described suction pipe has central axis and the cardinal principle circular cross section with diameter, described body comprises three supporting legs, and the projection of described supporting leg is arranged along the diameter cylindrical larger than the diameter of the part adjacent with upper end of described suction pipe.More particularly, the projection of described supporting leg along diameter is between 1.2 to 2 times of diameter described suction pipe and the part that upper end is adjacent, advantageously the cylindrical between 1.5 to 1.9 times is arranged.
According to other possible embodiment, body is provided with at least one supporting leg or multiple supporting leg, and these supporting legs have at least one part that forms spire or be suitable for forming spire after distortion.This part is advantageously flexible, thereby makes cap can realize corkscrew motion on the end of suction pipe.
According to the other details of possible embodiment, body is provided with one or more threaded portions or screw thread on its outer surface, and in body is inserted in suction pipe time, this outer surface refers to the inner surface of inner suction pipe.
According to other possible embodiment, one or more supporting legs or body can comprise aciculiform element, thereby can sting the cap being through on support member, for example food or each food portion.
According to other embodiment, one or more supporting legs of body are suitable for penetrating in soft support member, thus at cap by being convenient to presenting of cap before being invited to librarian use.
According to favourable embodiment, described body comprises:
(a) the first noumenon part, described the first noumenon part is attached or be connected to described container, and
(b) the second body part, drinks in passage described in described the second body part is suitable for entering into,
Thus, drink while extending in passage for comprising at least one air duct at the described device that forms air flue between passage and gaseous environment of drinking described when described the second body part, described air duct extends in described the first noumenon part.
Preferably, described the second body part comprises pipe and at least two supporting legs, described pipe is connected to described the first noumenon part, one in described at least two supporting legs is flexible at least in part, drink while extending in passage for comprising at least one air duct at the described device that forms air flue between passage and gaseous environment of drinking described when described the second body part thus, described air duct extends in described the first noumenon part and described pipe.
Advantageously, the first noumenon part has lateral surfaces, and the air duct extending in the first noumenon part thus has at least one opening along the cross side of the first noumenon part, advantageously has at least two openings.
According to other favourable details, the described air duct extending in described the first noumenon part comprises:
(a) first passage part, described first passage part is drunk the opening of passage and points between the closed upper part end of described container and extend pointing in the time that drinking of described suction pipe extended in passage when described the second body part, and
(b) second channel part, described second channel part is extended between the opening that is arranged in the opening between described closed upper part end and the opening of first passage part and arrange along the lateral surfaces of described the first noumenon part.
Preferably, described air duct comprises at least two second channel parts, each of described second channel part is at the opening being arranged between described closed upper part end and the opening of described first passage part, and extend between the opening of arranging along the lateral surfaces of described the first noumenon part, each of described two second channel parts is all the cardinal principle beeline channels with central axis thus, between the central axis of described two second channel parts, form angle thus, described angle is included between 90 ° to 270 °, advantageously between 120 ° to 240 °, preferably approximately 180 °.
According to the other details of favourable embodiment, be suitable for realizing by enter in described air flue in the situation that at drinkable liquid the natural flow of drinkable liquid at the described diameter of drinking the air flue between passage and gaseous environment.
Cap of the present invention can be sold in following situation: be with or without article, prize, bonus, the container that is one or more caps is provided with article, prize, bonus, or container is not in the situation that tearing described tape and be unlimited form, or the form that is suitable for opening in the situation that not tearing described tape (locking device is not shifted onto in such position, in this position, it just can be taken away in the disconnection of tape or after tearing), thereby before Random assignment cap, make the user can own filling containers, these caps are advantageously arranged on drinking straw.
The present invention thereby also relate to drinking straw, these drinking straws are provided with cap of the present invention, as described above here.
The present invention also relates to a kind of method, the method is by by cap according to the present invention or be provided with according to the drinking straw of cap of the present invention and distribute to some people to carry at least one article or at least two different article with random fashion, preferably, cap is provided with the container with closure elements.Drinking straw advantageously distributes with drinking glass, bottle or container.
The method advantageously comprises following steps:
-a series of caps that are provided with article in their chamber are provided, thereby and make closure elements be formed for the opening of container chamber away from the opening of the support member support member of second container part,
-by the opening of described support member, at least one article is incorporated in the chamber in one or more caps, or the opening by described support member is incorporated into article in the chamber in some cap, and the opening by described support member is incorporated into another article in the chamber in some other cap, before or after cap and drinking straw are connected, by closure elements being shifted onto to the opening that seals the support member of the second container part of described cap in the opening of support member of described cap;
-by cap or have sealing cap drinking straw advantageously distribute to randomly people with drinking glass, bottle, container,
Receiving thus cap or be provided with everyone of drinking straw of sealing cap can be after drinking straw removes cap, must tear tape to approach the chamber of container, thereby collect the article in the chamber that may be located at cap.
Method of the present invention preferably includes following steps:
-a series of caps are provided, and make the support member of closure elements away from second container part, thus the opening of support member is formed for the opening of container chamber,
-by the opening of support member, at least one article is incorporated in the chamber in one or more caps, or the opening by support member is incorporated into article in the chamber in some cap, and the opening by support member is incorporated into another article in the chamber in some other cap
-before or after cap and drinking straw are connected, by closure elements being shifted onto to the opening that seals the support member of the second container part of cap in the opening of support member of described cap;
-drinking straw with sealing cap is advantageously distributed to people randomly with drinking glass,
Receive be thus provided with everyone of drinking straw of sealing cap can be after drinking straw removes cap, must tear described tape to approach the chamber of container, thereby collect the article in the chamber that is located at cap.
These methods can be by industry for one or another kind of product of sales promotion, for example champagne or spices etc., and by organizing or individual is used for making party to have atmosphere.Because the external analysis of cap will not allow consumer or employee will get cap and the non-cap of getting distinguishes, can realize thus cap or be provided with the suction pipe of cap or there is the Random assignment of the drinking glass of described suction pipe.
By dividing the such suction pipe that is equipped with cap, will strengthen the recreational of party.
In the time of the getting article and be diamond of some cap, the non-cap of getting is advantageously provided with stone in container, comprises that diamond still holds a sheet glass thereby consumer or employee can not determine container.
The invention still further relates to cap, this cap is suitable for being connected on product or support member, particularly on food, as receive food, food various piece, food square, salt cheese production, ice cream, dessert, lobster, beefsteak, potato, cereal, lamb, etc., so that the enjoying of described food, or for creating certain amusement and surprised by means of food or cereal, described cap comprises:
-container, described container is provided with at least one wall, described wall limits the chamber that is suitable for receiving article, and described container is provided with wants avulsed element, described will can tearing at least in part from one of described wall by avulsed element, to can approach the article that are located in described chamber after sealing device removes;
-body, described body has the end being attached in described container or its part and has another end, described another end is provided with the device that is suitable for cap to connect or be attached to described product, this device advantageously has the part of needle-like shape, this part with needle-like shape is suitable for entering or thrusting in food, so that described food is edible respectively.
The cap (this body has described device or needle-like shape part) with body has the one or more of following characteristic:
-avulsed element be the tape of one or more chamber walls, this tape extends between the first container part and second container part, described tape is suitable for when at least allowed the relative motion between described the first container part and described second container part in the time that described one or more chamber walls are torn thus, preferably between described the first container part and second container part, takes away motion; And/or
-be torn from described one or more chamber walls so that realizing the tape of the described container of the relative motion between described the first container part and described second container part is suitable at least taking away from a container part, advantageously take away from described the first container part and described second container part; And/or
-cap comprises container, this container has the first container part, second container part, and tape, in the time that described tape is not torn, described tape connects described the first container part and described second container part, and in the time that described tape is torn, described tape is suitable for realizing the relative motion between described the first container part and second container part, described the first container part and/or described second container part are provided with and are suitable for being fixed on described the first container part or are fixed at least one device in described second container part thus, thereby form the closed container reducing, the described closed container reducing has than the little internal volume of volume of closed container before the described tape of tearing, and/or
Described first container part of-restriction the first container volume is attached to described body, and described second container part be suitable for by described tape after described one or more chamber walls are torn and away from described the first container part motion, thereby described second container part is provided with the device that seals at least in part described the first container part in the first container volume that is suitable for entering at least in part described the first container part thus; And/or
Second container part comprises at least two different parts:
(a) support member, described support member has opening and limits support volume, and
(b) closure elements, described closure elements is suitable for sealing described opening in the time being pulled on described support member, described closure elements comprises having at least one device that extends to the end outside described support volume thus, and thereby described closure elements is suitable for entering at least in part in described the first container volume can described second container part being connected on described the first container part delivery mode, and/or
-in the time that described closure elements is pushed through the opening of support member of described second container part and in the time that described tape is not torn, described closure elements is suitable for described support member and/or wants to work together with avulsed tape, to stop described closure elements and prevent that it from exiting from container; And/or
-described closure elements comprises skirt section, described skirt section is provided with at least one groove or projection along its outer surface, and describedly want avulsed tape to be provided with at least one groove or projection on it points to the surface of chamber of described container, thus as long as described tape is not torn, the projection in described skirt section enters or against the projection of described tape about the groove of described tape with regard to being suitable for, to at least prevent removing of described closure elements, or as long as described tape is not torn, the groove in described skirt section is just suitable for receiving the described projection of avulsed tape of wanting at least prevent removing of described closure elements, and/or
Described body is provided with air duct.
The invention still further relates to a kind of method, the method is for carrying at least one article or at least two different article by cap is distributed to some people with random fashion, as mentioned above, these caps are suitable for being connected with product, particularly be connected with food (as each food portion), for example these caps sting at support member or on different support members, and described method comprises the steps:
-a series of caps that are provided with article in their chamber are provided, thereby or a series of caps that make closure elements be formed for the opening of container chamber away from the opening of the support member support member of second container part are provided;
-for the cap that makes closure elements away from the support member of second container part, opening by support member is incorporated at least one article in the chamber in one or more caps, or the opening by support member is incorporated into article in the chamber in some cap, and the opening by support member is incorporated into another article in the chamber in some other cap, by closure elements being shifted onto to the opening that seals the support member of the second container part of cap in the opening of support member of described cap;
-drinking straw with sealing cap is advantageously distributed randomly with food products part,
Receiving thus cap (be preferably used for realization and obtain some food portion) or be provided with everyone of food of sealing cap can be after food removes cap, must tear tape to approach the chamber of container, thereby be collected in the article that may exist in the chamber of cap.
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By the details of open preferred embodiment and characteristic, in this description, the accompanying drawing of preferred embodiment is carried out to reference in the following description.
In these figure,
Fig. 1 is the side view of the first embodiment of cap of the present invention, and this cap has the tape of tearing;
Fig. 2 is another side view of the first embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the viewgraph of cross-section along the first embodiment of the line III-III in Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the top view of the first embodiment;
Fig. 5 is the side view of the first embodiment after tearing described tape;
Fig. 6 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the first embodiment after tearing described tape;
Fig. 7 is the side view of the first embodiment after tearing described tape and after container being reverted to closure;
Fig. 8 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the cap of Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 is the view of the cap of Fig. 1, and this cap is arranged on the upper end of suction pipe;
Figure 10 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the suction pipe of Fig. 9;
Figure 11 is the side view of the second embodiment of cap of the present invention, and this second embodiment is similar to the embodiment of Fig. 1;
Figure 12 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the embodiment of Figure 11;
Figure 13 is the viewgraph of cross-section of other embodiment, and this other embodiment is similar to the embodiment of Figure 12;
Figure 14 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the embodiment similar to the embodiment of Fig. 3, but before with seal member closed container;
Figure 15 is the side view of the embodiment similar to the embodiment of Fig. 1;
Figure 16 is the viewgraph of cross-section along the line XVI-XVI of the embodiment in Figure 15;
Figure 17 is the view of the embodiment similar to Fig. 8, but has adjacency section, and this adjacency section is used for limiting second container partial insertion to the first container part;
Figure 18 tears the detailed view of tape before it is torn;
Figure 19 is the other amplification detailed view of tearing tape of the embodiment of Figure 14, and the upper opening of stopper 18 airtight container chambers;
Figure 20 is the view similar to Fig. 6 of embodiment, and in this embodiment, after tape is torn, the first container part and second container part are attached together by the portion of flexibly connecting;
Figure 21 is the view of cap, and this cap comprises the container and the independent body that are suitable for being fastened togather; And
Figure 22 to 24 is views of other cap of the present invention, and these caps are similar to the cap of Figure 14.
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Fig. 1 shows the cap of drinking passage 1 for drinking straw 2, and this drinking straw 2 is for drinking the liquid that is contained in recipient, and this recipient is placed in air ambient.Fig. 9 shows cap 1, and this cap 1 is arranged on the end of drinking straw 2.In fact, the supporting leg of cap 1 is inserted in drinking in passage 3 of suction pipe 2.
It is removable that cap 1 is mounted to respect to the upper end of drinking passage of drinking straw, can realize thus it from the removing of drinking straw, thereby realizes the normal use of drinking straw.
-container 4, described container 4 is provided with at least one wall and is provided with tape 6, described wall limits chamber 5, described chamber 5 is suitable for receiving article (not shown), this tape 6 will be torn from container 4 walls, to can open container 4 and be divided into three parts, thus can be after sealing device removes, approach the article that are arranged in chamber
-body 7, described body 7 has an end that is attached to container 4 and another end that is provided with section 7A, and this section 7A has the described upper end being suitable for through suction pipe 2 and enters at least in part the external shape of drinking in passage 3.
When body 7 is being drunk while extending at least in part in passage 3, body 7 is suitable for drinking together with drinking passage 3 and between passage 3 and gaseous environment, forms at least one air flue 9.This air flue makes: in the time being provided with the suction pipe of cap and being placed in drinking glass (this drinking glass receiving fluids, as frothed liquid), the bottom end of suction pipe remains near the bottom of glass, and suction pipe does not move upward.
In order to ensure the air flue between passage 3 and extraneous gas environment or air ambient of drinking at suction pipe 2, body 7 is provided with a series of grooves 10, each Part I (periphery) 10A and the Part II 10B of including of these grooves 10, this Part I 10A is in substantially parallel relationship to the central axis A of suction pipe 2, and this Part II 10B is substantially radially with respect to the central axis A of suction pipe 2.Described second radial component of each groove 10 for extending at least in part above the upper end of suction pipe 2, and groove 10 forms the air flue between passage 3 and external environment condition of drinking of suction pipe thus.Such air duct is illustrated in Figure 15 and 16.In the illustrated embodiment, the first peripheral part 10A and the second radial component 10B communicate with each other by means of circular groove 71A.
In the embodiment of Figure 15, body 7 does not arrange the central passage of extending in body as in the embodiments of figure 3.
According to possible embodiment, body 7 is provided with central passage 9 as shown in Figure 3 and the outer grooves 10 as shown in Figure 15 and 16, ensures thus between body 7 and suction pipe 2 and through the air flue of body 7.
Container 4 comprises the first container part 4A and second container part 4B, and described part 4A, 4B connected by tape 6 before the tearing of tape 6.In order to control tearing of tape 6, groove 11 extends between the first edge 6A of tape 6 and the first container part 4A, and another groove 12 is relative with edge 6A at the edge of tape 6 6B() and second container part 4B between extend.After tape 6 is torn, second container part 4B can be placed on to a side (see figure 5) of the first container part 4A, can realize thus approaching for the chamber 5 of container 4.
For the ease of tearing of tape 6, tape 6 is provided with extension 13 in the tape end that will first be torn.The described tape end that will first be torn advantageously separates with second container part 4B with the first container part 4A by means of two otch 14, to be convenient to initially tear by reducing the initially power of tearing.For the ease of initially tearing of tape 6,6E(end, the tape end 6E that will first be torn is provided with extension 13, so that by pointing or capture tape between two fingers) separate with the opposed end of container or tape by least one otch 15 being shown in broken lines, described otch 15 is advantageously connected to otch 14, this otch 14 extends and (sees Figure 18 along edge 6A, the 6B of tape 6, in the figure, extension is partly cut).
After tearing tape 6, container 4 is divided into base section 4A and top section 4B.
Remove and by after second container part 4B is pushed away opening the first container part, can approach chamber 5 at tape 6, to collect the prize or stone or other element that are located in chamber 5.
By second container part 4B is shifted onto on the first container part, chamber 5 can be reverted to closure, thereby the skirt section 19 of the stopper of second container part enters in the chamber 5 of the first container part.
Need to tear described tape 6 owing to opening container, so can be by simply watching control part to determine whether container is opened by employee before giving client or guest by cap or the suction pipe with cap.In fact, in the time being opened, the skirt section of second container part is visible, or in the case of the skirt section 19 of stopper 18 has been shifted onto in the chamber 5 of the first container part, the total length of cap reduces.(seeing Fig. 7 and 8) thereby make do not knowing in advance get cap or unclamp cap in the situation that, by drinking straw (these drinking straws are provided with disclosed in this manual cap) is distributed to some people, at least one article or at least two different article can be sent to some people with random fashion.
In order further to improve the non-inspection of opening of cap before distributing with random fashion at cap, the skirt section of stopper is advantageously made with the color different from the color of the first container part 4A and with the color different with the color of the ring 16 of second container part.Described stopper advantageously has fluorescent/phosphorescent color.Described skirt section also can have outer surface with different outward appearances, and (tool is with or without color distinction, preferably there is color distinction), as there are one or more marks, as line, design, point, the roughness different from the roughness of tape 6, have different sensations or sense of touch coating, etc.This may be very helpful for the people with visual problems.
In order to prevent in the unriven situation of tape being easy to remove from the ring 16 of second container part with stopper 18 after the opening 17 of stopper 18 sealed chamber 5 of cap, the skirt section 19 of stopper is advantageously provided with groove 22, and this groove 22 is suitable for receiving the ring-type extension 21 on the inwall of tape 6 and/or the first container part 4A.In the time of stopper 18 sealed open 17, ring-type extension 21 is in the interior extension of groove 22, thereby prevents removing of in the time the not tearing tape stopper 18 in its sealing station.Be clear that, tape can be provided with groove, and this groove is suitable for adjacent part or the stopper portions in the skirt section 19 that receives stopper 18.In the embodiment of Figure 19, skirt section 19 makes its free end adjacent with the second annular groove 22A, and this second annular groove 22A is suitable for receiving the annular projection 21A of the At The Height that is positioned at otch 12.
The cap of Fig. 1 can be by two member manufactures, and the first member comprises the ring 16 of body 7, the first container part, tape 6 and second container part, and second component comprises that stopper 18(is shown in Figure 14).Because opening 17 is not sealed by stopper 18, thus employee and/or administrative staff before sealing the opening 17 of each cap with stopper 18, can by article, prize, spices, etc. be placed in the chamber of one or more unlimited caps.For the non-cap of getting, utilize to for before getting the similar plug seal opening 17 of cap, chamber be provided with non-get article, prize, etc., this is non-get article, prize, etc. advantageously with get article, get prize, etc. there is identical weight.
Then get cap and the non-cap of getting can mix, do not allow thus to determine in advance whether cap holds gets article/prize or the non-article/prize of getting.
In the embodiment in figure 1, tape 6 can be realized the completely separation of second container part with respect to the first container part in the time tearing.Tape 6 in described embodiment all extends around the wall of container 4, wants the first end of avulsed tape 6 adjacent with the other end of the tape of tearing in the time of the end of tearing operation.
According to the other embodiment similar to the embodiment of Fig. 6, tape 6 does not all extend around the wall of container 4, and after tearing described tape, flexible bridge part 25 still forms the connecting portion between the first container part 4A and second container part 4B thus.(seeing Figure 20)
In the embodiment in figure 1, body 7 is provided with a flexible leg 8bis.Be inserted into suction pipe 2 drink passage 3 in before, supporting leg 8bis has projection 8A, this projection 8A is away from central axis B mono-segment distance, this distance is greater than the projection 8A of two other supporting legs 8 from the distance of described central axis B.Thereby when be not inserted into suction pipe 2 drink in passage time, the projection 8A of three supporting legs 8, bis extends along circle, this circle has the radius larger than the radius of suction pipe.
For supporting leg 8 being inserted into the drinking in passage 3 of suction pipe, pressure must be applied on supporting leg 8,8bis, thereby at least supporting leg 8bis moves towards two other supporting legs 8, the projection 8A of supporting leg 8,8bis extends along circle thus, and this circle has the radius less than the radius of drinking passage 3.
Supporting leg 8,8bis are inserted into drink passage 3 in after, supporting leg is away from their compacted location motion, projection 8A is towards the inwall motion of drinking passage thus, and contacts this inwall.If needed, supporting leg can further promote drinking the interior quilt of passage 3, thus the top edge end of the Surface Contact suction pipe 2 of body 7.
Drink passage 3 when interior when what be not inserted in suction pipe 2, the projection 8A of described supporting leg arranges along cylindrical, and this cylindrical has the diameter advantageously comprising between 1.5 to 1.9 times of the diameter of the tube segment adjacent with upper end, in this upper end, must insert supporting leg.
In the embodiment in figure 1, body 7 comprises:
(a) the first noumenon part 70, this first noumenon part is attached or be connected to container 4, and
(b) the second body part 71(is the form of pipe), be suitable for entering into and drink in passage 3,
Thus, when described the second body part is being drunk while extending in passage for drinking the device that forms air duct between passage and gaseous environment, comprise at least one air duct 90, this air duct 90 extends in the first noumenon part 70 and in the second body part 71.
The air duct 90 extending in the first noumenon part comprises:
(a) first passage part 90A, between the opening (bottom opening 90E) of the second body part (pipe) 71 and closed upper part end 90C, extend, when described the second body part 71 suction pipe 2 drink the interior extension of passage 3 time, this opening points to drinks passage 3, described in this closed upper part end 90C sensing container 4(, closed upper part end is arranged in the first noumenon part 70), and
(b) two second channel part 90B, each second channel part is all extended between opening 90D and opening 90F, described opening 90D is between closed upper part end 90C and the bottom opening 90E of first passage part 90A, and described opening 90F arranges along the horizontal outer surface of the first noumenon part 70.
Two second channel part 90B advantageously aim at central axis C, and this central axis C is substantially perpendicular to axis B.Thereby between two second channel part 90B, form the angle of approximately 180 ° with respect to axis B.
Air duct part 90A and advantageously 90B advantageously have following diameter or cross section: by enter in described air duct in the situation that, be suitable for realizing naturally flowing downward of drinkable liquid at drinkable liquid.For example, described channel part will have at least 2mm, be preferably incorporated in the diameter (in this manual, diameter refers to diameter or equivalent diameter, and equivalent diameter equals to open wide 4 times of girths divided by unlimited cross section in cross section) between 2.5mm and 6mm.
The cap of Figure 11 is similar to the cap of Fig. 1, and difference is, sleeve 30 slides on pipe or the second body part 71, thereby increases the external diameter of the second body part 71 according to the variation of suction pipe internal diameter.
For the accident that prevents sleeve 30 removes, sleeve is provided with annular projection 30A, and this annular projection 30A is adapted to fit in the annular groove 71A of the second body part 71.Figure 12 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the cap of Figure 11, and this cap does not have stopper 18.Figure 13 is the view similar to Figure 12, but has thicker sleeve 30.
The cap of Figure 21 comprises three members,
-there is the member 7 of air duct 9,
-container 4, and
-stopper 18.
Container 4 is attached to member 7 by engaging.For example, container is provided with two arms 45, and these two arms 45 have finger piece 46, and these finger pieces 46 are suitable for being inserted in second channel part 90B.
In the embodiment illustrating in the drawings, disclosed cap is suitable for by the drinking straw that is provided with cap is distributed to some people and carried at least one article or at least two different article with random fashion, and each drinking straw advantageously distributes with drinking glass.Get article and the non-described method of getting article comprises the steps: for Random assignment
-a series of caps are provided and make to seal stopper away from ring 16, thus opening 17 is formed for the opening of container chamber 5;
-by opening 17, at least one article is introduced in the chamber 5 in one or more caps, or by opening 17, article are incorporated in the chamber 5 in some cap, and by opening 17, another article (for example, the non-article of getting) are incorporated into the chamber 5 for some other cap;
-before or after cap and drinking straw are connected, by sealing stopper being shifted onto to the opening 17 of the second container part of sealing cap in opening 17;
-randomly by cap or be provided with cap suction pipe mix;
-drinking straw with sealing cap is advantageously distributed to people randomly with drinking glass and/or drink bottle,
Receive thus drinking straw (this drinking straw be provided with sealing cap) everyone may be after drinking straw removes cap, must tear tape, thereby approach the chamber of container, to be collected in (get or non-the get) article that may exist in the chamber of cap.In the time that reception is provided with the suction pipe of cap, people or guest can determine whether cap is opened.
The cap of Figure 22 is similar to the cap in Figure 14, difference is, body 7 comprises needle-like forming element 50, this needle-like forming element 50 is suitable for entering or thrusts in food, to promote enjoying individually of described food, and/or in the time having a meal, have lunch, have supper (as during party or reception, etc.), for generation of certain amusement and surprised.
The cap of Figure 22 also can penetrate in clothes (as penetrate into necktie, etc.).Needle-like forming element 50 optionally by intermediate plate element, ring, etc. replace, thereby by cap for example append to finger, ear, etc. on.
The cap of Figure 23 is similar to the cap of Figure 22, and difference is, pin 50 is replaced by clamping sheet mechanism 51, and this clamping sheet mechanism 51 is for example suitable for appending on ear.Described mechanism has pivoting portions 51A(arrow H).
The cap of Figure 24 is similar to the cap of Figure 22, and difference is, pin 50 is replaced by flexible tape 52, and the end of this flexibility tape 52 is attached to stopper 18, and this stopper 18 is suitable for sealing the opening 17 of cap 4.In the time sealing opening 17 by stopper 18, tape forms ring.
Cap shown in the figure also can be used for for example with random fashion prizegiving, message etc.The invention still further relates to so a kind of cap, this cap comprises container, this container is provided with at least one wall and is provided with element, this at least one wall limits chamber, this chamber is suitable for receiving article, this element can be torn from one of described wall at least in part, so that can be after sealing device removes, approach the article that exist in chamber, wherein, wanting avulsed element is the tape of (one or more) chamber wall, this tape extends between the first container part and second container part, described tape is in the time tearing from (one or more) chamber wall thus, be suitable for allowing the relative motion between at least the first container and second container part, preferably between the first container part and second container part, take away motion.
So described cap has the one or more other characteristic of two other caps of the present invention, particularly in the one or more characteristics described in appended claims.
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1. for the cap of drinking passage of drinking straw, described drinking straw is for drinking the liquid that is contained in recipient, described recipient is placed in air ambient, it is removable that described cap is suitable for being mounted to respect to the upper end of drinking passage described in described drinking straw, and described cap comprises:
-container, described container is provided with at least one wall, and described wall limits the chamber that is suitable for receiving article, and described container is provided with and wants avulsed element, described will can tearing at least in part from one of described wall by avulsed element, to approach the article that are located in described chamber;
-body, described body has the end being attached in described container or its part and has another end, described another end is provided with band and drinks the section of the external shape in passage described in being suitable for entering at least in part through the described upper end of suction pipe, described body comprises at least one flexible member, when the described section of described body is being drunk while extending at least in part in passage, described flexible member is suitable for pressure to be applied on one or more walls of described drinking straw
Thus, when described section is drunk while extending at least in part in passage described, described body be suitable for described drink drinking together with passage between passage and gaseous environment, form at least one air flue; And/or described body comprises to be drunk while extending at least in part in passage at the described device that limits at least one air flue between passage and gaseous environment of drinking described when described section.
2. cap according to claim 1, wherein, described will avulsed element be the tape of one or more chamber walls, described tape extends between the first container part and second container part, and described tape is suitable for when at least allowed the relative motion between described the first container part and described second container part in the time that described one or more chamber walls are torn thus.
3. cap according to claim 1, wherein, described will avulsed element be the tape of one or more chamber walls, described tape extends between the first container part and second container part, and described tape is suitable for when at least allowed the motion of taking away between described the first container part and second container part in the time that described one or more chamber walls are torn thus.
4. cap according to claim 2, wherein, be torn from described one or more chamber walls to realize the tape of the described container of the relative motion between described the first container part and described second container part and be suitable at least taking away from a container part.
5. cap according to claim 2, wherein, be torn from described one or more chamber walls to realize the tape of the described container of the relative motion between described the first container part and described second container part and be suitable for taking away from described the first container part and described second container part.
6. cap according to claim 2, described cap comprises container, described container has the first container part, second container part and tape, in the time that described tape is not torn, described tape connects described the first container part and described second container part, and in the time that described tape is torn, described tape is suitable for realizing the relative motion between described the first container part and second container part, described the first container part and/or described second container part are provided with and are suitable for being fixed on described the first container part or are fixed at least one device in described second container part thus, thereby form the closed container reducing, the described closed container reducing has than the little internal volume of volume of closed container before the described tape of tearing.
7. cap according to claim 4, described cap comprises container, described container has the first container part, second container part and tape, in the time that described tape is not torn, described tape connects described the first container part and described second container part, and in the time that described tape is torn, described tape is suitable for realizing the relative motion between described the first container part and second container part, described the first container part and/or described second container part are provided with and are suitable for being fixed on described the first container part or are fixed at least one device in described second container part thus, thereby form the closed container reducing, the described closed container reducing has than the little internal volume of volume of closed container before the described tape of tearing.
8. cap according to claim 6, wherein, described the first container part that limits the first container volume is attached to described body, and described second container part be suitable for by described tape after described one or more chamber walls are torn and away from described the first container part motion, thereby described second container part is provided with the device that seals at least in part described the first container part in the first container volume that is suitable for entering at least in part described the first container part thus.
9. cap according to claim 6, wherein, described second container part comprises at least two different parts:
(a) support member, described support member has opening and limits support volume, and
(b) closure elements, described closure elements is suitable for sealing described opening in the time being pulled on described support member, described closure elements comprises at least one device with the end that extends to outside described support volume thus, thereby and described closure elements be suitable for entering at least in part in described the first container volume can described second container part being connected on described the first container part delivery mode.
10. cap according to claim 8, wherein, described second container part comprises at least two different parts:
(a) support member, described support member has opening and limits support volume, and
(b) closure elements, described closure elements is suitable for sealing described opening in the time being pulled on described support member, described closure elements comprises at least one device with the end that extends to outside described support volume thus, thereby and described closure elements be suitable for entering at least in part in described the first container volume can described second container part being connected on described the first container part delivery mode.
11. caps according to claim 9, wherein, in the time that described closure elements is pushed through the opening of support member of described second container part and in the time that described tape is not torn, described closure elements is suitable for described support member and/or wants to work together with avulsed tape, to stop described closure elements and prevent that it from exiting from container.
12. caps according to claim 11, wherein, described closure elements comprises skirt section, described skirt section is provided with at least one groove or projection along its outer surface, and describedly want avulsed tape to be provided with at least one groove or projection on it points to the surface of chamber of described container, thus at least as long as described tape is not torn, the projection in described skirt section is just suitable for entering the groove of described tape or the projection against described tape, to prevent removing of described closure elements, or at least as long as described tape is not torn, the groove in described skirt section is just suitable for receiving the described projection of avulsed tape of wanting to prevent removing of described closure elements.
13. caps according to claim 1, wherein, described body comprises at least two supporting legs, described at least two supporting legs are drunk in passage described in being suitable for entering at least in part through the described upper end of described suction pipe, at least one of described supporting leg is flexible, each projection that is equipped with of described supporting leg thus, in the time drinking in passage described in described supporting leg enters, the described projection of supporting leg is suitable for contacting the inwall of described suction pipe.
14. caps according to claim 13, described cap is for having the suction pipe of drinking passage, the part adjacent with upper end of described suction pipe has central axis and the cardinal principle circular cross section with diameter, described body comprises three supporting legs, and the projection of described supporting leg is arranged along the diameter cylindrical larger than the diameter of the part adjacent with upper end of described suction pipe.
15. caps according to claim 14, described cap is for having the suction pipe of drinking passage, the part adjacent with upper end of described suction pipe has central axis and the cardinal principle circular cross section with diameter, described body comprises three supporting legs, and the projection of described supporting leg is that the cylindrical between 1.2 to 2 times of diameter described suction pipe and the part that upper end is adjacent is arranged along diameter.
16. caps according to claim 14, described cap is for having the suction pipe of drinking passage, the part adjacent with upper end of described suction pipe has central axis and the cardinal principle circular cross section with diameter, described body comprises three supporting legs, and the projection of described supporting leg is that the cylindrical between 1.5 to 1.9 times of diameter described suction pipe and the part that upper end is adjacent is arranged along diameter.
17. caps according to claim 1, wherein, described body comprises:
(a) the first noumenon part, described the first noumenon part is attached or be connected to described container, and
(b) the second body part, drinks in passage described in described the second body part is suitable for entering into,
Thus, drink while extending in passage for comprising at least one air duct at the described device that forms air flue between passage and gaseous environment of drinking described when described the second body part, described air duct extends in described the first noumenon part.
18. caps according to claim 17, wherein, described the second body part comprises pipe and at least two supporting legs, described pipe is connected to described the first noumenon part, one in described at least two supporting legs is flexible at least in part, drink while extending in passage for comprising at least one air duct at the described device that forms air flue between passage and gaseous environment of drinking described when described the second body part thus, described air duct extends in described the first noumenon part and described pipe.
19. caps according to claim 17, wherein, described the first noumenon part has lateral surfaces, and the described air duct extending in described the first noumenon part thus has at least one opening.
20. caps according to claim 17, wherein, described the first noumenon part has lateral surfaces, and the described air duct extending in described the first noumenon part thus has at least two openings along the cross side of described the first noumenon part.
21. caps according to claim 17, wherein, the described air duct extending in described the first noumenon part comprises:
(a) first passage part, described first passage part is drunk the opening of passage and points between the closed upper part end of described container and extend pointing in the time that drinking of described suction pipe extended in passage when described the second body part, and
(b) second channel part, described second channel part is extended between the opening that is arranged in the opening between described closed upper part end and the opening of first passage part and arrange along the lateral surfaces of described the first noumenon part.
22. caps according to claim 21, wherein, described air duct comprises at least two second channel parts, each of described second channel part is at the opening being arranged between described closed upper part end and the opening of described first passage part, and extend between the opening of arranging along the lateral surfaces of described the first noumenon part, each of described two second channel parts is all the cardinal principle beeline channels with central axis thus, between the central axis of described two second channel parts, form angle thus, described angle is included between 90 ° to 270 °.
23. caps according to claim 21, wherein, described air duct comprises at least two second channel parts, each of described second channel part is at the opening being arranged between described closed upper part end and the opening of described first passage part, and extend between the opening of arranging along the lateral surfaces of described the first noumenon part, each of described two second channel parts is all the cardinal principle beeline channels with central axis thus, between the central axis of described two second channel parts, form angle thus, described angle is included between 120 ° to 240 °.
24. caps according to claim 21, wherein, described air duct comprises at least two second channel parts, each of described second channel part is extended between the opening that is arranged in the opening between described closed upper part end and the opening of described first passage part and arrange along the lateral surfaces of described the first noumenon part, each of described two second channel parts is all the cardinal principle beeline channels with central axis thus, between the central axis of described two second channel parts, form angle thus, described angle is about 180 °.
25. according to the cap described in above claim any one, wherein, is suitable for realizing by enter in described air flue in the situation that at drinkable liquid the natural flow of drinkable liquid at the described diameter of drinking the air flue between passage and gaseous environment.
26. 1 kinds of suction pipes, are provided with according to the cap described in above claim any one.
27. 1 kinds by distributing to some individuals to carry the method for at least one article or at least two different article with random fashion by being provided with according to the drinking straw of the cap of claim 1 to 25 any one, and described method comprises the steps:
-a series of caps that are provided with article in their chamber are provided, thereby and make closure elements be formed for the opening of container chamber away from the opening of the support member support member of second container part,
-by cap or have sealing cap drinking straw distribute to randomly people,
Receiving thus cap or be provided with everyone of drinking straw of sealing cap can be after drinking straw removes cap, must tear tape to approach the chamber of container, thereby collect the article in the chamber that may be located at cap.
28. methods according to claim 27, wherein, each drinking straw distributes with drinking container.
29. 1 kinds by distributing to some individuals to carry the method for at least one article or at least two different article with random fashion by being provided with according to the drinking straw of the cap of claim 6, and described method comprises the steps:
Provide a series of according to the cap of claim 6, thereby and make closure elements be formed for the opening of container chamber away from the opening of the support member support member of second container part,
Opening by described support member is incorporated at least one article in the chamber in one or more caps, or the opening by described support member is incorporated into article in the chamber in some cap, and the opening by described support member is incorporated into another article in the chamber in some other cap, before or after cap and drinking straw are connected, by closure elements being shifted onto to the opening that seals the support member of the second container part of described cap in the opening of support member of described cap
By cap or have sealing cap drinking straw distribute to randomly people, receiving thus cap or be provided with everyone of drinking straw of sealing cap can be after drinking straw removes cap, must tear tape to approach the chamber of container, thereby collect the article in the chamber that may be located at cap.
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